World War I ACES
Of the U.S. Air Service

A total of 118 Americans became Aces (5 or more victories) during World War I.  Seventy-one of these American Aces achieved their victories as part of the U.S. Air Service, or as a combination of service with one of the allied nations (England, France, Italy) and the U.S. Air Service AFTER the US Air Service began operation in January 1918.  These men are listed below, alphabetized in order of their number of victories.  Victories indicated in red parenthesis (#) denote additional victories earned prior to January 1918 while in service to an allied air service.

The following Americans became Aces while serving in the Air Service of allied nations, earning their victories before the U.S. Air Service statistics were enumerated:

Name:	Air Service:	Victories:
Gillet, Frecerick W.	Britain	20
Beaver, Wilfred	Britain	19
Kullberg, Howard	Britain	19
Lambert, William	Britain	18
Iaccaci, August T.	Britain	17
Iaccaci, Paul T.	Britain	17
Coler, Eugene S.	Britain	16
Lufbery, G. Raoul	France	16
Rose, Oren J.	Britain	16
Libby, Frederick C.	Britain	14
Unger, Kenneth R.	Britain	14
Baylies, Frank L.	France	12
Bennett, Louis	Britain	12
Lord, Frederic I.	Britain	12
Warman, Clive W.	Britain	12
Lussier, Emile J.	Britain	12
Pearson, James W.	Britain	12
Knight, Duerson	Britain	10
Le Boutillier, Oliver C.	Britain	10
Larsen, Jens F.	Britain	9
Callender, Alvin A.	Britain	8
Connelly, James A.	France	8
Parsons, Edwin C.	France	8
Simon, Walter	Britain	8
Buchanan, Archibald	Britain	7
Dodds, Roy E.	Britain	7
Griffith, John S.	Britain	7
Hale, Frank L.	Britain	7
Hartney, Harold E.	Britain	7
White, Harold A.	Britain	7
Bissonette, Charles A.	Britain	6
Catto, Charles G.	Britain	6
Cooper, Norman	Britain	6
Ingalls, David S.	Britain (US Navy)	6
Pineau, Cleo F.	Britain	6
Rogers, Bogart	Britain	6
Boysen, Howard K.	Britain	5
Brown, Sidney M.	Britain	5
Callahan, Lawrence K.	Britain	5
Magoun, Francis P.	Britain	5
Orr, Osborne J.	Britain	5
Peterson, David M.	France	5
Shoemaker, Harold G.	Britain	5
Taylor, Edgar	Britain	5
Thaw, William	France	5
Tipton, William D.	Britain	5
Tod, Gordon	Britain	5

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